@EU_H2020 project on experiences of LGBTQI+ people claiming international protection on basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (RTs aren't endorsements)
University of Sussex, England
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1/3 We are so happy to hear that some of the SOGICA work has been used by @FedCourt_CAN_en to support the application for judicial review of a #Ghanaian #bisexual claimant who had been denied #internationalprotection on grounds of lack of #credibility.
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1/4 Wonderful news from the European Court of Human Rights! The Court found in M.I. v Switzerland that the removal of the applicant to Iran without a fresh assessment of the risk of ill-treatment as a homosexual man in Iran and...
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3/4... deference to the domestic authorities' assessment of the applicant's credibility, insufficient 'just satisfaction', etc), but all in all a small step towards the right direction (and a partly dissenting opinion from Judge Serghides arguing for a more favourable judgment!).
4/4 We're very happy for the applicant and congratulations to everyone involved in making sure this happened. Please follow the link for more information. 👇
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Check out this interesting fresh addition to the SOGICA database: ‘The Role of #trust in #LGBTQ+ #Refugee Status Determination (RSD) System’ - congratulations to authors Annamari Vitikainen and Patti Tamara Lenard!
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Congratulations to @NinaHeld1 & @rock4_ronnie for their fresh new book chapter 'Intersections of #gender, #sexuality and "#race" in #queer #asylum claims'. The chapter also uses some of the SOGICA fieldwork!
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From Monday 9 September the Journeys of Belonging exhibition comes to the Library, exploring the stories of LGBTQI+ people who have voluntarily migrated or who have sought asylum across Europe and beyond.
Congrats @ChristopherPul7 & @ieuanfranklin for new piece '"Were in this together" – NGO advocacy and LGBTQ+ asylum claimants: Intimate/care citizenship as co-presence and imagined equality” & thanks for referring to our book as a landmark publication! ❤
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New addition to our database by Bouchet-Mayer & Ferez on ‘Cross-effects of cultural and gay capitals in access to refugee status on the grounds of SOGI in France: Study of the formal and informal preparations of West African men for asylum trials’. Enjoy! sogica.org/database/bouchet-…
'We Are Being Killed': A Gay Man Forced To Escape Turkmenistan (rferl.org)
Check out this new piece by Ahmed Hamila on "La jurisprudence de la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne sur les demandeurs d’asile LGBTI: une perspective queer postcoloniale". #asile #CJUE #épistémologie #queer #postcoloniale #homonationalisme #LGBTI
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In English: "Court of Justice of the European Union Case Law on LGBTI Asylum Seekers: A Queer Postcolonial Perspective".
#asylum #CJEU #queer #postcolonial #epistemology #homonationalism #LGBTI
The SOGICA database goes on being updated regularly & just received a bumper update of 40+ items. Some are classic pieces on #SOGIESC #lgbtqia #asylum & #refugees from the 1990s-2000s, others are more recent, especially of @rainbowmigrants' great work.
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Good news from the Tribunal of Rome, with a decision from 27 February 2024. #sexualorientation #asylum #credibility #persecution #italy #tanzania
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UNHCR Multilingual Glossary of Terms on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics refworld.org/reference/tools…
Withholding the letter: Transgender asylum seekers, legal gender recognition, and the UNHCR mandate academic.oup.com/jrs/article…
"Seeking Asylum Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Long-Term Effect of Sou" by London Jones scholarship.shu.edu/shlj/vol…
Desiring support on a winding road with challenging intersections: Social and professional support for sexual minority forced migrant men - Carlsson - Journal of Advanced Nursing - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
